BALDWIN EMS IN ACTION

Spring 2002 Vehicle Extrication Class, Howell Rescue Systems, Inc.

Baldwin EMS Shift Lieutenants Todd Plunkett, Chris Rud, and Paul Shiring participated in the Howell Rescue Systems, Spring 2002 Vehicle Extrication Class in Dayton, Ohio.  The Lieutenants will be conducting two full days of in service training for all Baldwin EMS personnel to update all of us on the latest techniques that were presented to 100 students from the United States and England.  Instructors were used from across the nation including specialists in equipment design from the Palm Beach and Metro-Dade Florida Departments.

Topics Included:

• New Vehicle Design on Rescue

• Side Impact Extrication

• Mechanism of Injury

• Advanced Stabilization - with Vehicles on the Roof and Sides

• Techniques of Power Lifting Airbags

• New Techniques in Displacement with Power Tools and Hand Tools

• Extrication Techniques

• "Under Rides" Vehicle Displacement from under Semi Trailers

• Air Hammer Extrication Techniques

• Techniques of Reciprocating Saws

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